Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-03
ARousING MEETING.


 Schools Will Decorate Their Barges
 The State Each School Will Repro.
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 The committee on Sunday schools met in
 the aldermanic chamber last evening, Chair
 man Erastus Blakeslse presiding. About fifty lady members of the committees on dec oration were present. Every seat in the chamber was taken. Chairman Blakes1ee, after the meeting had been rapped to order, said that the large attendance betokened much interest in what he thought would be | the most interesting division in the parade on Monument day.
 Judge Lucius P. Deming, of the Second Congregational church school of Fair Ha- ven, said that the committee in charge are | busily engaged in completing arrangements l fer the decoration of their barge. It will
 be decorated in a very artistic manner. The wheels will be covered with large shields. Over the barge will be canopy. The horses, | he thought, would be decorated with rosettes and plumes, the latter in red, white and blue. This church will be first in line. Alderman Barnes spoke for the George street M. E. church. He said his church would in all probability have as attractive ! wagon as any in the line.
 ' DS>-ON~ of the First Baptist church, said the barge would bear the fac-simile of the liberty bell, ! @ representation of the Gettysburg monument ! and appropriate notices. Mr. John Mccarthy spoke for the Church of the Messiah This church will have for | it's State Massachusetts. The landing of the ! Pilgrims will be represented as well as the Salem witches. The latter will be number of pretty little girls dressed appropriately. MT. J. D. Bradley, who represented the | Taylor M E. church, said the committee was | working hard and good results might be ex- pected.
 Edward s. Swift said the school of the ! Trinity M, E. church would try and repre- ! gent New Hampshire, its State, as well as l they could. The committee had thought of ! trying to represent on the barge the granite 1 mountains of the State The barge will be ! we'll decorated and the wheels will be cover1 cd with red, white and blue streamers. MT. N. E. Edwards said the Sunday school of the Trinity Episcopal church would be well represented. The arrangements were going on in fine shape.
 Secretary Hubbard said the committee at the Calvary Baptist church were finishing the arrangements rapidly and something at tractive might be expected. The College street church Sunday school will have for their State Vermont. MT. Chamberlain said that the schools barge would be dressed in green to fttingly per
 
 of the barge will be attired in Continental costume.
 MT. Barnes, of Fair Haven, said the First Congregational church would hold her own in the decorating of barges. The committee was pushing the work and completing ar
 engagements
 The Westville churches have the matter in
 hand. They will have Indiana for their State.
 MT. Hubbard said the Emanuel Baptist church (colored) would have a slave scene represented in their barge, which would be decorated with cotton.
 Attorney Cleaveland said that English Hall would be ftly represented. The pictures of General Grant and Abraham Lincoln would probably be utilized in decorating. ! MT. E. l.. Dubois said the United church committee were actively engaged in the ar- engagements.
 The William street synagogue Sunday school will have Missouri for it's State. The Rev. Mr. Wilner said the barge would prob ably be partially decorated with sheaves of corn.
 Mr. P. J. McNierney spoke for St.. Mary's R. c. church. This church will have Ar kansas for it's State and bear Will have temporary quarters in it's barge. F. A. Bostwick said the St. Johns Episco- pal church would have as handsome a barge as any in the line.
 MT. H. F. Shares represented the Hum phrey street Congregational church. The committee in charge are enthusiastic over the affair This church will have Florida for it's State and Florida moss, oranges, palm leaves, etc., will be used in decorating. Police Commissioner Baldwin thought his church, the First Methodist, would not have the poorest decorated barge. A good com | mittee had the matter in charge who would do it justice.
 Secretary Hubbard said he recently met the Rev. Father Russell of St. Patrick's church, who assured him that his church would do it's duty.
 The Grand avenue Baptist church will have California for it's State. In the barge there will be representation of the Golden Gate eight feet long by four wide, the coat of arms, name of school, etc. It will be prop erly draped in bunting. The young girls will be in white with old gold scarfs or rib bons.
 The German Baptist church will have a very handsome barge. It will have a canopy similar in design to pagoda. St. Paul's and St. Thomas Episcopal churches will have the last barge in line, but they don't propose to be last in the beauty of their decorations.
 Nearly all the churches that have been as- signed places in the line were represented and spoke very encouragingly of the plans being carried out. This division of the parade will undoubtedly be exceedingly at | tractive. Much enthusiasm is being shown by those who have the matter in charge. There will be, as far as has been yet ascer- tained, one hundred and thirty-four daugh- | ters of old soldiers in the parade. They will \ be provided with an appropriate and dis 1 tinctive Eadge.
 ! Marshals will be appointed who will have | the Sunday school division in charge. They l have not yet been selected. One man will ! ride in each barge in addition, to care for the young ladies.
 Every precaution will be taken against all possibility of accident. The Sunday school | division will leave the procession just after crossing the Orange street bridge and will | proceed up the English drive, where the | barge horses will not be frightened by the l bands of music. The children will dis- mount before the summit is reached. The churches and the States which they l will represent are as follows: Second Con- gregational, Fair Haven, Delaware; First Baptist, Pennsylvania; East Pearl street M E., New Jersey; Ferry street, Georgia; Cen ter church, Connecticut; Messiah, Massachu- land; Taylor and Summer6eld, South Caro- lima; Trinity M. E., New Hampshire; Trinity Episcopal, New York; Whitneyville Congre- gational, Virginia; New Haven Orphan asy- l lum, North Carolina; Calvary Baptist, Rhode | Island; College street M. E., Vermont; St..
 James and Grace, Kentucky; George street
 M. E. and German NJ. E., Tennessee; | First Congregational, Fair Haven, Ohio; Dwight Place, Louisiana; l Westville Episcopal and Congregational, In l diana; Emanuel Baptist, Mississippi; English | Hall, Illinois; Church of Ascension and All Saints mission, Alabama; United church, l Maine; Jewish synagogues, Missouri; St.. | Marys, Arkansas; St. Johns Episcopal,
 Michigan; Humphrey street Congregational, Florida; St. Francis orphan asylum, Texas; | First Methodist, Iowa; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic), Wisconsin; Grand avenue Baptist, California; German Baptist, Minnesota; St.
 John street Methodist Oregon; Dixwell ave- | nue Congregational, Kansas; mission school | and Morris Cove mission, West Virginia; | Howard avenue Congregational church and
 Howard avenue Baptist mission, Nevada; St. Boniface (Roman Catholic) Nebraska; St. Paul and St. Thomas, Colorado. The barges will be assigned places in the line in the or | der named.
 The Sub.C0mmittee on Reception Meet and Appoint Committees. The subcommittee on reception met in 1 the anteroom of the aldermanic chamber. After discussing the matter in hand the fol-